A collaboration between space and yarn, an installation by Sheryl Anaya at Raza Cosmica, an Oil and Cotton window gallery.

A R T I S T S T A T E M E N T & B I O

Sheryl Anaya is a Puerto Rican artist who currently resides in Dallas, Texas. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Texas Woman’s University in 2013. Currently, she is pursuing a Master of Science in Library Science with a concentration in Archival Studiesfrom the University of North Texas. Her work explores themes related to identity, personal experience, and memory by way of installation and self-portraiture. She is interested in creating work that engages an audience, whether through the physical use of space or on an emotional level. In addition to being an artist, Sheryl is the coordinator for the Lillian Bradshaw Gallery in the Fine Arts division of the Dallas Public Library, where she also participates in outreach to help develop arts related programs for the community.She is currently a member and president of 500X Gallery and has exhibited in venues such as the Latino Cultural Center, K Space Contemporary, Rockport Center for the Arts, and Washington Street Art Center. Sheryl is also the editorial assistant of Light Leaked, an online photography magazine that creates dialogue about photographic creation, both conceptually and in business.

RAZA COSMICA is a window gallery curated by artist Analise Minjarez at Oil and Cotton. Devoted to exploring the intersections between craft and fine art, these projects connect Oil and Cotton students and Oak Cliff community to artists working in Dallas and beyond.

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If rainbows and color theory float your boat, then stop by Oil and Cotton's new location next to Davis Street Coffee. Our shelves are stocked with paper goods ranging from sketch pads, journals, decorative papers, and watercolor paper. We have hues, tints, shades, neutrals, and tertiaries in the form of both oil and chalk pastel, acrylic paint, watercolor, pencil, charcoal, inks and everything in between. As a small neighborhood art supply shop, we are interested in knowing what you'd like to see in stock. Give us a shout and we will do our best to provide.

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April 10 - April 23, 2015The 11 year old boy depicted on the window is laying on the ground of the Texas desert. Heat stroke and thirsty. His ill mother is back home in Guatemala praying for his safe passage. He is on a journey with hopes to provide money for his mother’s medicine. But he won’t get up. He will pass to the other realm, the spirit world. His body won’t be found for weeks. The Tierra Firme & Waterbound collaboration explores the border, water, migration and border communities. Water jugs are left on migration routes along the border. These water jugs are often left with encouraging messages for the harsh journey migrants often face. Unfortunately there are also Border Patrol agents and private groups that sabotage these jugs by puncturing them, contaminating the water or removing them because they don't feel these people have the basic human right to access clean water. Many migrants die from thirst or other problems from the conditions they face on their journey. This installation is not only an homenaje (homage) to those who have lost their lives in search of a better one, but also an ofrenda (prayer/offering) for other migrants safe passage. The hand-made net challenges the idea of what borders are. The border divides but it also breaths and moves. Many people, communities and cultures get tangled in that net to give rise to something different. The Tierra Firme & Waterbound Collaboration is an attempt to understand the border and the broader cultural implications of the communities they affect.

Waterbound // Zeke PeñaWaterbound is and on-going transmedia project that explores the symbolic and actual role water plays in our border community. Water affects every aspect of our lives: naturally, practically, ritually/spiritually, and geopolitically.We need it to survive. The Rio Bravo/Grande is the primary source of life for our border community, it unites us. But unfortunately our border community has come to understand the river as something that divide us. The U.S. side and the Mexican side. Something that naturally brings us together is being used to divide us through the effects of militarization and commodification. www.zpvisual.com/waterbound

Tierra Firme// Analise Minjarez & Sarita WestrupTierra Firme is an experiential research project that revolves around the place and identity of artwork along the Texas-Mexico border. Fiber artists Analise Minjarez and Sarita Westrup, utilize the net as a symbol for the sky and stars shared between two countries. The tension necessary to create the knots of a net comment on the social strain between people living on separated land. In addition, the net although perceived as a barrier, provides portholes to either side of the border.Instagram: @tierra.firme

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It isn't very often that we bust out the google eyes, but our toddlers wanted to take their bunny collages to the next level. Join our weekly toddler art classes anytime.

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Preview Oil and Cotton’s future space at 817 W. Davis Street and shop for handmade goods by local artists.

This spring, we will relocate most of our programming and retail store directly across the street to share space with Davis Street Espresso and Oak Cliff Coffee Roasters. Our current location will become studios for artists, a select group that will continue to host specialty Oil and Cotton adult workshops as well as contribute to the evolution of our thriving arts district.

Our move will enable Oil and Cotton to revitalize its commitment to outreach and smart-size its brick and mortar for sustainability in Oak Cliff. The building owners and occupants, Shannon and Jenni Neffendorf, are a family dedicated to their craft and our community. They have created an exquisite space for Oak Cliff Coffee Roasters, and our adjacent location will be welcoming for all, full of beautiful light, and inspiring with the charm inherent in its layers of history.

We invite you to come celebrate with us this weekend. We will stage a sneak preview pop-up shop for the holidays, hosting an excellent line-up of vendors with unique gifts available from $5-$300.

Friday, December 5OPEN 6-10pmOpening Party. Enjoy a coffee or cocktail and get first dibs on our unique inventory of handmade goods, vintage, and original art. Davis Street Espresso will be crafting their famous hot beverages from 6-8pm.

Saturday, December 6OPEN 10am-6pm10-11am Let the Kids Shop – Enjoy a cup next door while we help your kids shop for you and wrap it up special. We’ll bring them back to you about two feet taller.10-12pm Get a fresh, hot crepe from Oak Cliff Creperie1-3pm Adult Workshop: Introduction to Artisan Cheese with Austin Dupree. $75 Register at www.oilandcotton.com.

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Jon Vogt and Abby Sherrill, graduate students at the University of North Texas, collaborated to produce color play, currently on view at Oil and Cotton through September 5th. Their window installation explores the interplay of color relationships through formal abstraction and pattern. The relatable materials of tissue paper and string are used in consideration of the active learning community of artists young and old who participate at Oil and Cotton. Viewers are invited to contemplate and interact with the piece from both outside and inside the space. Light is an important part of the installation, as the visual interaction created by layers of colored tissue paper is transformed according to the position of the viewer and the time of day. A grid pattern is applied and translated between each window display through use of materials to create organizational clarity and movement. In contrast to the playful color of color play, negative space and absent color reflects and celebrates the creative potential of each viewer. _

Greetings!

I would like to introduce Raza Cosmica to the Oil and Cotton community. Raza Cosmica is a window gallery devoted to collaborations between craft and fine art. Installations this year will feature artists of all ages, backgrounds, and nationalities. Located both in the classroom and on W. 7th Street, artwork on display will aid in the education of Oil and Cotton students and Oak Cliff visitors.

This Friday, September 5th at 7 pm will be the closing reception of colorplay, an installation by Jon Vogt and Abby Sherrill. Guests are invited to create their own color study inspired by Josef Alber’s Homage to the Square.

To see more works by Jon Vogt and Abby Sherrill, please visit their sites.

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This fall Oil and Cotton is hosting Studio Swap-Meet for local artists to clean out their studios of unused and scrap materials for an evening of collective bartering, trading, swapping, haggling, replacement, and exchange. All disciplines and media are encouraged as the interchanging possibilities are endless! This is a free event designed to encourage openness and communication between local artists.

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Sound installations, listening stations with headphones and pieces broadcast intermittently throughout Oil and Cotton AND THEN I WHIRLED AT THE SOUND OF includes local and international sound artists as well as artists who work with sound in addition to other mediums

In conjunction with AND THEN I WHIRLED AT THE SOUND OF Oil and Cotton is producing a sound art summer camp for youth, June 9 – June 13. Led by Charles Underriner the camp will include sessions on Deep Listening by Janeil Engelstad. Additionally, the youth will create a sound piece to be included in the exhibition.

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Adamson High School Visual Arts Exhibition 2014 will highlight the
outstanding accomplishments made by the students of Adamson High School
in the field of vis

ual arts during the
2013-2014 school year. The exhibit is curated by its visual art
instructors, Erik Tosten and Laurie Gonzalez. This year the students
have been busy exploring a range of media, from collage to ceramic
sculpture, and their work demonstrates a diverse array of conceptual and
creative self-expression. Come out and be impressed with the students’
level of creativity and academic diligence. Join us to celebrate the
artistic achievements with the student of Adamson High School.

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Below is a blog post written by Alli Rogers, an Oil and Cotton educator that leads our art and science based family activity every second Saturday at the Perot Museum of Nature and Sciece.

A baby screams, gravel litters the floor, and I spend the next week shaking topsoil out of my hair. It certainly isn’t glamorous, but my fingers smell like rosemary and a five-year-old is excited about Robert Smithson. Discovery Day at The Perot Museum of Nature and Science is a brutal day. Crushing crowds and cacophonous noise combine to create pandemonium throughout the museum. The day’s thematic events attract young families in particular, some of which drive for hours in order to participate. People flood the museum, armed with maps, schedules, and diaper bags. They want to see everything.

They want to visit my art making table, alluring with its herbal scent, small glass jars, and mounds of earth. Today, to go with the museum’s environmental theme, we make tiny terrariums and talk about Earthworks artists. Infants are content to dig their fingers into the soft, loamy dirt and bury their noses in bouquets of herbs. Toddlers funnel gravel,dirt, and pebbles into their jars. We take plant clippings, we overturn beakers of water. It is muddy and wonderful. Adults hover with baby wipes and weary expressions. What these parents may perceive as chaotic was planned. What seems unorganized was an intentionally planned multi-sensory, multi-age activity that provides something, though not necessarily the SAME thing, to everyone that gets their hands dirty.

I work for Oil and Cotton, a creative exchange in the Bishop Arts District of Dallas. Through Oil and Cotton, I have the opportunity to provide arts-based content at The Perot’s monthly Discovery Days as a vendor. From an educator’s point of view, this is a tall order. We need to highlight the symbiotic relationship between art and science. We need to be able to strike a balance between serving the greatest possible number of people in the most efficient amount of time while still ensuring a rich educational opportunity. We need to be a unique experience. We need to account for all ages and abilities. What can we do that is economically viable? Environmentally responsible? Safe? Representative of Oil and Cotton? That parents won’t mind lugging around in their diaper bags while holding a screaming toddler?

Most importantly, I try to ensure that our activities are appropriate in different ways for the myriad ages our table attracts. We typically serve infants, grandparents, teenagers, and everything in between, often simultaneously. What an infant learns from our table, however, is going to be different than what their grandmother learns. The infant gets to feel the soft earth on their fingertips, gets to grasp pebbles and tickle their nose with the rosemary. A teenager tries to recreate a Robert Smithson earthwork in miniature and learns to take a proper cutting from a plant. A mom takes mental notes for home. My intent is to create a community of learners, even if they only stay at my table for five minutes.

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Visit Oil and Cotton's cozy shop and find creative gifts to inspire your friends and family. We have glittery workshops and classes to add sparkle to your holiday. We carry a full spectrum of artist provisions ranging from boutique brands such as M.Graham paints to European brands used in Waldorf and early childhood education. Expect gift guidance from art supply specialists, sweet deals and RADICAL packaging courtesy of Kayli and Shannon!!!

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Join Oil and Cotton in a celebration of life, death, and creative expression through workshops for kids, families, and adults. This is a drop-in event that does not require pre-registration.

Penny DreadfulsFor kids ages 6+4-6 pmCost: Free

In the days of Victorian Britain, the Penny Dreadful was popular among children and adolescents. The flimsy paper books only cost a penny, and were full of scary and sensational stories. Children of the day would form groups to buy and share a Penny Dreadful.

In this workshop, Jason Poyfair will teach children the fundamentals of writing their very own scary stories. They will learn the basics of plot and character development. They will learn how to weave a tale of terror suitable for their next camp out or slumber party.

Jason Poyfair is a Ninth Grade English teacher at Everman High School. He has been teaching English for ten years and has a great love for the subject. Teaching Gothic Horror stories is the highlight of his school year. When he is not teaching, he enjoys writing poetry and novels.

Spirit Catchers: Day of the Living Dead Pinhole Camera WorkshopFor Families$30 per family4-6pm

Using the simplest form of a camera, see if you can conjure the spirits of the dead to take home photographic proof to all your friends and family. Attendees to this workshop will use pinhole cameras, props, costumes and creative backgrounds to create Dia de los Muertos inspired photographs. We will also discuss past examples and explore the popularity of spirit photography.

Bring in the whole family to create your own spirit portraits using props available in the studio, or bring your own costumes to see who is still watching over you! Learn the art of pinhole photography and see how images come alive. This workshop is appropriate for any level photographer; no experience is required.

Each person will get the chance to practice to learn exposure and development times. Traditional photography chemicals will be in use at the studio, so we request that an adult accompanies minors. Then it is up to your intuition and imagination to catch the spirit of the dead!

Materials included:Photo paper1 pinhole camera to take homeAdditional sheets of photo paper will be available for sale in the retail shop.

In Remembrance: Life and Death in Relation to the Creative Image.Adults$206-8pm

Artist, Elva Maria Salinas invites you to join her in a workshop that celebrates Life and Death in relation to creativity. The inspiration for the workshop is Dia Del Los Muertos/Day of the Dead, a Mexican holiday celebrating the life and death of family and friends who have passed away.

In this workshop, memories, emotions, and thoughts related to life and death become the focus and are used to create a creative vision for a small on site project and long-term project plan.

The workshop includes a small inspiration lecture on artists that explore the relation of life and death, memories of loved ones that have passed, and the relationship that the living have with death. Followed with an exploration of the participants unique voice through short writing exercises, and an on - site project.

Participants are asked to bring their choice of medium which can include photographs, the camera, watercolor, acrylics, pencil, and pastels.

Feel free to bring:ObjectsPhotosFlowersFoodMusicAnd anything that may remind you of family and friends that have passed.

Oil and Cotton Creative Exchange837 W. 7th St.Dallas, TX214.942.0474

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SPRUCE Upholstery is now touring the South and and will be teaching two amazing workshops at Oil and Cotton! Come join the Sprucettes on November 4th and explore the basics of
upholstery by creating a finished bench or turning your favorite fabric
into your favorite lampshade. SPRUCE's aesthetics and enthusiasm to spread upholstery education far and wide has made them a big success and they have been featured in many magazines and blogs such as Southern Living, Good House Keeping, Country Living and Design Sponge. So come join us and learn the ins and outs of upholstery with the experts!

Bench Class with SPRUCE Upholstery$245November 4th1pm-5pm

From wooden substrate to finished bench, you’ll pad, staple fabric, and attach tapered legs to complete this 16″-deep by 48″-long bench. Class includes the frame, legs, upholstery materials, and four hours of hands-on upholstery instruction. Bring your favorite fabric and a sack lunch and turn nothing into something by creating this custom bench from scratch.

In this one-day class, turn your favorite fabric into your favorite cylindrical shade. Class includes all materials (excluding fabric) and three hours of hands-on instruction.

We’ll show you how to determine the perfect size for the drum. Then we’ll mount the fabric to lampshade paper and assemble the project with metal rings and glue. Say goodbye to boring, store-bought shades!

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Oil and Cotton is pleased to announce an exhibition of the recent work of Rachel Rushing. The opening reception will be hosted at Oil and Cotton on Saturday, September 28 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. The event is free to the public, with food and beverages provided.

Invasive is a presentation of photographic prints, installations, and artist books that explore threats to local ecosystems in the form of excess waste and litter. Rachel Rushing has desired to find a meaningful connection to the natural world in the midst of the Dallas/Fort Worth metropolis and through her investigation has come into a greater understanding of her own ecological relationships. Rushing’s work brings awareness and thoughtful consideration to habits of consumption, waste, and apathy within the local biome.

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Gallery hours:Tuesday - Friday, 1 pm - 6 pmSaturday, 10 am – 6 pm

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Oil and Cotton will be out in West Texas celebrating the culture of the Southwest by creating miniature woven altars at the Trans-Pecos Music Festival in Marfa,Texas. Students will learn how to transform a simple box into a functioning loom and weave a space for memory. Utilize an assemblage of materials such as textiles, paper, photos, and cherished treasures to construct meaning within your own personal shrine. Found objects such as grasses, yucca pods, cactus needles, and tumble weeds will be incorporated into your altar so you can take a little piece of West Texas home with you. Participants will explore the process of creating layers with simple woven structures and collage natural and man made materials. Folks are welcomed to bring any items or images they would like to incorporate into their shrine or choose from an array of provided materials.

Click here to see the full Trans-Pecos Music Festival workshop listing.

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We had a great time yesterday printing and dyeing our fabric for the Home Decor Camp that is now in session. Students are working hard stamping, tie- dyeing, and sewing their very own bed set which includes, throw pillows, bed sheets, and an awesome ombre dyed duvet cover.

If you are a crafty cat wanting to improve your sewing skills check out our schedule of fall weekly sewing classes for kids, adults, and teens.

In these classes students will get to know their very own sewing machine or can rent one for only $5 a class.

Participants will learn how to make an array of home decorative items such as pillows, curtains, basic upholstery, clothing/accessories, and holiday projects. Our weekly sewing classes start on Tuesday, September 3 and are now on sale!

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Oil and Cotton is pleased to announce the OIL AND COTTON PROJECT ROOM, an installation that features FREE workshops, events and activities, highlighting an exciting mix of education and art-making practices, in conjunction with the exhibition DallasSITES: Available Space at the Dallas Museum of Art.

Oil and Cotton is a creative commons for learning and sharing ideas. This exhibition is a mini-version of our Oak Cliff location, where we facilitate creative education and cultural exchange for all ages. The heart of our programming is at the intersection of academic art, the tradition of handcraft, and human ingenuity.

Join us for a series of
workshops, events, and projects that explore process, material, and art making
for all.

5-12am Friday, July 19: Opening Night

COLLECT & SORT:

The public is invited to add to our collection of donated materials and bring in their old art and craft supplies to build out studio at the DMA. Help Oil and Cotton owners Kayli House Cusick and Shannon Driscoll collect, sort, and organize. Inventory will be available to museum visitors to use in make and take activities.

Architect Esther Walker will put finishing touches on her design of the Oil and Cotton Project Room in the Available Space exhibition at the DMA. Visitors will be invited to ask questions, view sketches, and learn about architectural processes.

Drop-In, All Ages

1-4pm, Saturday, July 20

TEJIDO:

Fiber artist, Sarah Westrup, will take up residency in our DMA studio. Sarah will weave the Spanish language into our space by labeling storage areas and sorted bins in Spanish. She will create a glossary of fiber art terms in a small English/Spanish vocabulary book. She will make the book throughout the day and invite people to assist with the bookmaking process: printing, collating and binding culminating in a limited edition handmade bilingual book.

Drop-In, all ages.

11-3pm, Saturday, July 20

BULB BASKET

WEAVING:

Expert weaver Jan Schmidt will teach students an open weave pattern. The baskets will function as storage during our exhibition and may be taken home after the exhibition. The basket begins by making a star pattern base, then a small thin reed is woven around and around to form the bulbous body of the basket. Woven in the round in your lap to take on a beautiful organic shape.

Observe a workshop in progress.

5-6pm Thursday, July 25

SUMMER STUDIO:

The first of three one-hour kids studio art classes taught by Oil and Cotton weekly art class instructor Jessica Sinks. This 3-week drawing course responds to current exhibitions.

Advanced registration required through DMA, ages 7 to 18.

6-8:30pm Thursday, July 25: Late Night

WEAVE-IN:

Join June Covington, Analise Minjarez, and University of North Texas School of Visual Arts and Design fiber artists for a variety of weaving demonstrations while discussing fiber arts, the ins and outs of weaving, its history and potential.

Drop-In Make & Take, all ages.

6-8pm Thursday, July 25: Late Night

NATURAL DYEING DEMO:

Experiment with dyeing silk and cotton in a range of natural dye baths using black beans, hibiscus flowers, and avocado pits. Unlike synthetic dyes, natural dyes are a living thing. The colors produced are very complex and harmonize together. Each color holds hints of other colors within it, producing vibrations in the natural dye color that synthetic dyes could never have. Experience the spontaneity and beauty of the unique colors produced with natural dyes with artist Sarah Westrup.

Drop-In Make & Take, all ages.

1-3pm Friday, July 26

PRINT//PROOF:

Join us for an introduction to printmaking with artist Kyle Hobratschk.

Drop-In Make & Take, all ages.

11-1pm Saturday, July 27

ORB:

Join artist Emily Riggert and her Community Art Camp students for Project ORB (Operation Rainbow Brains). Make your mark with colorful pastel on tree rings and sticks.

Drop-In Make & Take, all ages.

1-4pm Saturday, July 27

MEMORY JUGS:

Bruce Webb will teach his memory jugs workshop and display and discuss his collection of 19th-20th century memory jugs by African-American Texan folk artists.

Advanced registration required through DMA, 8-student maximum.

Wednesday, July 31

Natalie Macellaio Workshop

Thursday, August 1

SUMMER STUDIO:

The second of three one-hour kids studio art classes taught by Oil and Cotton weekly art class instructor Jessica Sinks. This 3-week drawing course responds to current exhibitions.

Join artist Rebecca Carter for an interactive exercise and glimpse into her semester course in color, its theory, concepts and history.

Drop-In, teens & adults.

11-Noon Saturday, August 3

THE YANKEE DOODLES:

Please join us for The Yankee Doodles Sing-A-Lot Sing-A-Long. There will be a short musical program of American Revolutionary era songs and action rhymes performed by The Yankee Doodles featuring John Dufilho on drums and guitar. Families can participate in a hands-on art activities including spinning wool into yarn. Learn about art, history and individual versus collective action. Come sing along and bring all tiny patriots and future revolutionaries.

Learn the magic of felting with artist Lizzy Wetzel. Transform fibers by stimulating them with friction, moisture, and alkalinity. The resulting felt can be soft and used to make slippers or a fedora hat or tough enough to build a yurt or a sculpture. Join artist Lizzy Wetzel to explore the potential of this ancient process and exciting materials.

Drop-In Make & Take, all ages.

2:30-4pm Saturday, August 3

ANTHOTYPE:

Rachel Rushing

will introduce you to this historical process that combines natural dyeing techniques with the magic of sunlight, plant extracts and photography. Share in a discussion of historical and contemporary methods of image-making with this elusive process. We will consider the technical implications of material, color, contrast, dye methods, and fastness, as well as how this almost bygone process has recently found a resurgence of interest.

Drop-In Make & Take, all ages.

2:30-4pm Saturday, August 3

ART LAW BASICS:

Meg Friess will discuss the diverse spectrum of legal considerations facing the arts community and creatives, including basics of intellectual property and contracts.

Meg is an attorney with the intellectual property firm Hitchcock Evert LLP and is the executive director of Arts Counsel Texas, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that serves creatives, arts nonprofits and businesses, arts professionals, and attorneys by facilitating art law education, legal advocacy, and creative collaboration.

Thursday, August 8: Late Night

SUMMER STUDIO:

The third of three one-hour kids studio art classes taught by Oil and Cotton weekly art class instructor Jessica Sinks. This 3-week drawing course responds to current exhibitions.

Advanced registration required through DMA,

ages 7 to 18.

Friday, August 8, 2013

GRAB BAG:

Shannon Driscoll, Kayli House Cusick and Matthew Cusick will repurpose or deaccess and disburse supplies. Studio will be dismantled and artists will be invited to help find new uses for supplies, furniture, equipment.

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